Congress passes 10-day Section 702 extension after long-term renewal collapses in House GOP revolt

Analysis
The 10-day stopgap almost certainly resolves by April 30 as either a narrow tactical compromise or a second short extension; a full multi-year reauthorization before that window closes is very unlikely given that the 20-member Freedom Caucus bloc has demonstrated durable willingness to kill leadership deals at the rule vote. The underlying warrant-requirement dispute runs on a parallel track via the DOJ appeal of the FISC filtering ruling, meaning any legislative guardrail Congress lands on will interact with a still-open court record on whether existing agency procedures meet statutory minima. Senate unanimous clearance and the FBI's public defense in The Cipher Brief, neither present in prior reporting, transform what began as a single-chamber procedural standoff into a three-branch divergence where executive, court, and legislative tracks publicly disagree on what 702 compliance means. Alternatively, if Johnson lets authority lapse entirely at the April 30 cliff to pressure holdouts, the FISC's separate annual recertification gives agencies operational cover long enough to make a short gap politically survivable, stripping the White House of its leverage for a clean renewal.